Friday, February 19, 2016

The beating of that Iraqi war veteran in Washington D.C. recently was a horrific and inexcusable, and the fact that the alleged thugs who attacked the poor fellow did it in the name of the Black Lives Matter movement made it even more reprehensible to me.

The victim said his attack was racially motivated, and I have no reason to believe that he is lying.

"Christopher Andrew Marquez — who attends American University and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2014 in California — said in an interview that the attack occurred after several black youths asked him whether “black lives matter” and then called him racist.Marquez, who is Hispanic, called the incident unprovoked. It occurred at the restaurant in the 900 block of E Street NW.According to a D.C. police report, Marquez, 30, told officers that a group of at least four youths were loud and began to argue with him. The report says Marquez told police that one youth hit him in the face with a handgun and stole bank cards and his wallet with $400 inside. The incident was first reported by the Daily Caller, a conservative Internet news and opinion site.Police could not verify the motive as described by Marquez and said they are continuing to look into the case. Dustin Sternbeck, the chief D.C. police spokesman, said detectives are reviewing surveillance video of the assault but it was not immediately clear what it shows." [Source]
This case has garnered quite a bit of publicity, and rightfully so, and hopefully they will catch these thugs and give them the punishment that they deserve.

In Western Pennsylvania there was another attack on an innocent man by another group of thugs.

This time, though, the races were reversed: The attackers were white and the victim was black.

"On the night of May 30, 2015, country music fans flooded out of Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pa., after a concert with Tennessee legend Kenny Chesney.“The body’s a temple, that’s what we’re told,” the singer has famously crooned. “I treated this one like an old honky tonk.”Outside, people were streaming into the nearby subway station. Among them was Kevin Lockett, an African American man who walked along the platform pulling a cooler in one hand.That’s the last thing he can remember with absolute certainty. The rest, according to court testimony reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, only comes back to him in bits, pieces and violent flashes.He thought he heard a racial slur from a group of men, and the next thing he knew, he was being thrown onto the train tracks.After Lockett lifted himself back onto the platform, surveillance footage shows, 21-year-old Ryan Kyle started beating him. Another 21-year-old, Matthew Laplace, pulled his cooler away.“I knew we’d find this [n-word],” he recalled someone saying. Then an onlooker called the police.The attack was brief, but its impact has stayed with Lockett. According to WTAE Pittsburgh, he has undergone four costly reconstructive surgeries since the assault, but still suffers from impaired vision. More therapy awaits.Four men involved in the incident — Laplace, 22, Kenneth Gault, 22, David Depretis, 21, and Christopher Laplace, 23 — were variously charged with aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation, theft, reckless endangerment and criminal conspiracy.All four are white, as is Kyle. He is the only one who touched Lockett and the only one who could face prison time, as a result of plea deals.Gault and Depretis pleaded no contest and were sentenced to six months probation, WTAE reported; Matthew LaPlace pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months probation. All are required to perform 100 hours of community service to benefit a minority community.Christopher LaPlace, Matthew’s brother, will be sentenced on Thursday.“There’s no punishment,” Lockett told WTAE with a shake of the head, calling the sentences “slaps on the wrist.”

“The way they would look at if five black guys jumped one white guy. Nobody would be going home. Nobody would get 100 hours of community service,” he said.At the preliminary hearing last summer, the Post-Gazette reported, Assistant District Attorney Julie Capone called the men bullies and said they were “complicit” in Kyle’s actions.“They all stuck together,” she said.But the attorneys for the other four men argued that they were innocent bystanders.“One of these young men was out of control,” Matthew LaPlace’s lawyer, Patrick Thomassey, told WTAE. “The others, for lack of a better word, was just sort of there.”Gault’s attorney, Robert Del Greco, said: “In each of the offensive acts, my client’s back was turned, walking away from the fray, toward the exit.”A police officer testified in court, however, that Gault had said to him shortly after the incident, “Don’t know why you’re making such a big deal over a crackhead [n-word].”When the men were found at a nearby bus stop, according to a police complaint obtained by WTAE, they “were very upset and wanted to know why they were being stopped.”The complaint further stated that Kyle admitted to police that he hit Lockett, saying ‘Who cares, it was only a [n-word].”Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning said on Wednesday he was unhappy with the plea deals, the Post-Gazette reported, but felt compelled to accept them.District Attorney Stephen Zappala said in a statement that the trial court had not seen the surveillance footage when the no contest and guilty pleas were made. The tape will now be provided, he said, and they expect “that the most culpable defendant, Ryan Kyle, who was the lone participant in the assault of Mr. Lockett, will face a sentence in the state penitentiary.”Kyle admitted to aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation and other charges in a plea deal for dropping attempted homicide charges.Out of the five defendants, only LaPlace had apologized to Lockett.“No, ‘I’m sorry?'” Judge Manning prodded Depretis. “No, ‘This shouldn’t have happened?’ Nothing to say?”' [Source]
What's up with these Kenny Chesney concerts bringing out the worst in these young white men?

These thugs (at least the ones who have pled so far) seem to have gotten off lightly.

I wondered why you'd go so far as to use the word "thugs" and to speak against BLM, but then I saw the victim as you called him Hispanic. lol

On all of these incidents, when these punk-ass thugs group together and beat people, I say more people need to be armed. I'm not one who believes all life is precious or that these sorts of morons deserve second chances. They're genetic ticks in the timing of civilized society, and life without them is more the better for everyone.

Something sounds a little fishy to me in that DC attack. Just has that weird something amiss feel to it. It was also not done in the name of BLM. They may have used it as an excuse but they had nothing to do with BLM. Anyhoo sounds a little to scripted. Know what I mean?

Nothing like black on non-black crime can bring out the paranoia in blacks. Thank allah there is video so all blacks have is their racist paranoid feelings.

And typical field negro, he can't post about black on non-black crime without finding a rare incident of white on black crime and screaming'' SEE,SEEE YOU DO IT TOO!!!!!''''. I wonder if dude had been white would field have posted about it? Or would ignore it like he has the hundreds of black mob attacks on whites since the election of obama.

“The way they would look at if five black guys jumped one white guy. Nobody would be going home. Nobody would get 100 hours of community service,” he said.''

Seems like only yesterday you and Chauncey DeVega we teaming up to downplay black mob attacks that became frequent after the election of obama. By the same token, any rare attacks in which whites are the perpetrators always gets coverage. Ditto from the liberal media.

Seems like there's a lot of folks who think all beatings are not equal....

More people should be armed? Maybe, but remember Bernie Goetz? He was armed, and by most accounts was justified in taking the action that he did. Still it didn't work out too well for him even if one of the attackers did end up a quadriplegic.

Field, the DC McDonald's assault occurred ACROSS the street from FBI headquarters. You can see the FBI building in the video. I don't know if there is FBI video, but i would not be surprised. Additionally, when I worked downtown, in the courthouse, 4 blocks away, that McDonald's had a security guard working inside. What happened to the guard? I retired 4 years ago, but that McDonald's is in the same location. Oh, and when I was on active duty 30 years ago in the Navy JAG corps, marines were assaulted on a regular basis in the area near the navy yard, near the marine barracks.

How can they not be happening when America is so violent. Violence is everywhere and so highly celebrated in so many ways. It is celebrated, touted,encouraged,applauded and seen as THE way to be.

Think about it, even in Americas hallmark rock music,what does one see? Guitar smashing,screaming at the top of the lungs,violent facial expressions etc. America loves, thrives, on violence. It's a super power because of it's violence, not because of pussy footing around and being wimpy! :) and we love it don't we!

So is it surprising that the folk on the street want to join in and be as 'American' as possible? :) Of course not! Puhleeese! It's only natural!

Lance Cockstrong said...More people should be armed? Maybe, but remember Bernie Goetz? He was armed, and by most accounts was justified in taking the action that he did. Still it didn't work out too well for him

That's because he defended himself in New York City, and he wasn't Jewish.

Classless move by President Obama not to attend Justice Scalia's funeral.

Scalia was reviled by the Left for his rulings that ran counter to their agenda, but was widely respected for the cogency and consistency of his writing, particularly in his dissents. He was a gregarious and personable man who was good friends with everyone on the court, even the liberals. He had nine children, one of whom became a priest and will deliver his eulogy today.

Ceremonies like these are traditionally times for politicians to put aside differences for a day and recommit to the premise that we are all Americans in this together, and although we may disagree on how to achieve it, we all want the same thing, a better life for all and a strong nation to leave our children.

President Obama is supposed to be the president of everyone, not just his side, but he never fails to remind us all that he considers half the country his enemy. When he came into office on a wave of goodwill from the majority of Americans, he had a historic opportunity to unite the country and take us beyond the grievances of the past. Instead he chose pettiness over magnanimity, and decided to take whatever immediate advantages he could. His party has remained wedded to the idea that their power derives from dividing the people using identity politics, which is why it now finds itself starting to disintegrate. Obama could have been on Mount Rushmore, instead he will be remembered as a bitter partisan who deepened the rifts in his nation and left it poorer and more fractured than ever.

Why should the President attend the funeral of a man that thought that NO Black person is/was smart enough to attend the nation's top universities? And I'm betting that since he didn't attend, they VERY likely didn't get along. It's so damn FAKE, to attend the funeral of a person you despised!

If I still lived in the area, I would have "paid my respects" by showing up with a Georgetown Alumni sweatshirt on!

Yīshēng said...Why should the President attend the funeral of a man that thought that NO Black person is/was smart enough to attend the nation's top universities?---

First, he never said that. He made the point that letting people into academic programs based on anything other than merit was setting them up to fail. Which is true. Case in point: You.

Secondly, a President is supposed to above pettiness and understand that he represents the entire nation in a very important, symbolic role. He is not supposed to let personal resentments manifest themselves by making him look like a childish, petty tribalist. You go to funerals you are supposed to and pay your respects. Shirking you duty out of spite is not something a good person does. That's for people of low character like yourself.

Obama DOJ requests Apple's help getting into murderer's phone, Apple refuses. But they have no problem handing over their source code to the Chinese government:

The controversy began on Tuesday after a judge ordered Apple to help the FBI “hack” an iPhone linked to the tragic shooting. The next day, the White House gave the investigation its full support, describing it as an “important national priority”.

Despite being a vocal critic of President Barack Obama, presidential candidate Donald Trump agreed with him on the issue, slamming Apple’s refusal to cooperate with law enforcement officials. “I agree 100 percent with the courts… Who do they think they are? No, we have to open it up,” he told Fox News on Thursday.

Apple’s new role as a champion of digital privacy must be making the Chinese government smile. According to an article by the US news website Quartz, Cook’s intransigence apparently depends on geography.

Citing reports by Chinese daily Beijing News and the state-run People's Daily, the article claimed that Cook agreed in January 2015 to allow authorities in China to carry out “security checks” on all iPhones sold in the country to make sure the US had not installed any spyware. But, Apple has never confirmed or responded to the allegations.

The article reported that analysts believe Apple likely handed over its operating system source code as part of the agreement. If true, this would mean that the Chinese government knows how Apple’s software works, including its security system.

Apple is only doing this because Obama is black. They would never disrespect a white President like this. Or, apparently, a Chinese dictator.

Yīshēng said...Why should the President attend the funeral of a man that thought that NO Black person is/was smart enough to attend the nation's top universities? And I'm betting that since he didn't attend, they VERY likely didn't get along. It's so damn FAKE, to attend the funeral of a person you despised!

The stooopid is strong in this one. Scalia never said that. Never. It's a shame our petulant president would rather play golf. Class is to much to ask of obama.

Obama is a self-serving lying narcissist who betrays everyone in a heartbeat at great cost to America. Seymour Hersh's account of the Killing of Osama bin Laden is devastating:

>Obama had to ‘get out in front of the story’ before someone in the Pentagon did: waiting would diminish the political impact.

Not everyone agreed. Robert Gates, the secretary of defence, was the most outspoken of those who insisted that the agreements with Pakistan had to be honoured. In his memoir, Duty, Gates did not mask his anger:

Before we broke up and the president headed upstairs to tell the American people what had just happened, I reminded everyone that the techniques, tactics and procedures the Seals had used in the bin Laden operation were used every night in Afghanistan … it was therefore essential that we agree not to release any operational details of the raid. That we killed him, I said, is all we needed to say. Everybody in that room agreed to keep mum on details. That commitment lasted about five hours. The initial leaks came from the White House and CIA. They just couldn’t wait to brag and to claim credit. The facts were often wrong … Nonetheless the information just kept pouring out. I was outraged and at one point, told [the national security adviser, Tom] Donilon, ‘Why doesn’t everybody just shut the fuck up?’ To no avail.

Obama’s speech was put together in a rush, the retired official said, and was viewed by his advisers as a political document, not a message that needed to be submitted for clearance to the national security bureaucracy. This series of self-serving and inaccurate statements would create chaos in the weeks following. Obama said that his administration had discovered that bin Laden was in Pakistan through ‘a possible lead’ the previous August; to many in the CIA the statement suggested a specific event, such as a walk-in. The remark led to a new cover story claiming that the CIA’s brilliant analysts had unmasked a courier network handling bin Laden’s continuing flow of operational orders to al-Qaida. Obama also praised ‘a small team of Americans’ for their care in avoiding civilian deaths and said: ‘After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.’ Two more details now had to be supplied for the cover story: a description of the firefight that never happened, and a story about what happened to the corpse. Obama went on to praise the Pakistanis: ‘It’s important to note that our counterterrorism co-operation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding.’ That statement risked exposing Kayani and Pasha.<

"Do you smile when you read about The Blacks being attacked by whites?"

Why should it please me when something happens to give any credibility to your nutty narrative? Now, when a moolie gets iced in the act of a robbery or home invasion... yeah, I smile. But I smile when White miscreants get iced too.

"just like the racist whites here I go to predominately white sites and hurl abuse about how inferior whites are."

So if you're so great, what do you need White people for? Why do you want to stay in a country built and run by White people? (I'll bet 10:1 that you don't live in a Black-run city like Selma or Detroit.) Why hasn't Africa called you home? Their aviation statistics are one slow-motion disaster; you could do a lot more good there than here.

We all know the answer to that: only Whitey can create the goodies you want, and you will grab all you can get even if you kill the host that makes them.

""15 whites"? Ok then. Not what I asked for, but if it makes u feel better I will acknowledge it."

Bear in mind that those are ONLY the ones where the lügenpreße allowed the words "justice for Trayvon" to get past the censors. There were probably thousands, but if the crimes were not reported, the reports did not make the news, or the editors omitted the indication of the attacker's motivations out of "sensitivity", then they could not make the list.

If the victim died and the perps didn't e.g. blab on social media afterward, that would not make the list either.

"(I'll bet 10:1 that you don't live in a Black-run city like Selma or Detroit.)"

I live in the Blackest city in America. My alderman is blah as well as my state senator, my state rep is blah as well as my U.S. Congressman so not sure if that's Black enough for you but it is for me.

BTW James, how old are you? No need for specifics just a range such as 20's or 60's ect.

You mean, evidence like the fact that the AP stylebook strongly discourages identification of minority criminal perps by race? It's everywhere. What we don't know is how many reporters and editors were sufficiently savvy in the early days of this phenomenon to leave the unusual battle call out of the final product, since it as good as declared that the assailants were racist Blacks rather than raceless "teens".

"The blackest city is supposedly Detroit, but it has city councilmen, not aldermen. You can't even keep your story straight."

Sorry, New York City recently surpassed us as the city with the largest blah population. C'mon man, anyone whose been here for more than 2 months knows I live on the Southside of Chicago. That hasn't changed and won't for a while. Uh no, I meant evidence thousands of whites have been attacked by blahs in revenge attacks. I wold like to see that.

"Now, when a moolie gets iced in the act of a robbery or home invasion... yeah, I smile"

You mean like when you "explained" how it was ok to shoot Medgar Evars in the back when he was entering his own home?

"What's up with these Kenny Chesney concerts bringing out all of this white male aggression?" It's the gay panic. They're all closet cases like Chesney and have to prove their manhood by beating people up & taping women. It's classic over compensation.

Gay panic also explains black male aggression. All blah males are on the down low and they have to prove they manhood with mob attacks and taping women. It also explains the high rates of stds and bastard children within the blah community.

Big/large penis envy also explains white male aggression. All white males are wishing they had larger penis' and they have to prove they manhood with high rapes and attacks of white women and random killings of Black men. It also explains the high rates of methamphetamine, heroin, and penis extender use in the white community.

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